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those workers with their suicide nets and 18-hour days, just a slice of how they do business. our specials reveal the tech titans less disgust business secrets. a jam-packed show from the belly of the beast, washington, d.c., as the 30 million jobs tour rolls on. we're delighted to have you along for the ride. nyquil (st uffy ): hey, tylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. tylenol: we are? nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal...
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closely guarded secrets actually committed suicide. the worker jumped 12 stories to his death last week. he was accused of stealing an i-phone for ge prototype. apple was saddened by the loss of the young employee. >> i've got you guys. >> i want to bring the editor at large, somebody i've been discussing apple with for years now. usually the stock, now we're going to talk about the corporate culture. is this an invented issue people like myself concoct to try to talk about apple or is apple a company that goes out of its way to crush information it perceives to be potentially damaging? there is a point where they have crossed the line. >> it's the latter. this is a very, very aggressive company when it comes to managing the message and running the room. as you guys were discussing, a matter of degree, yes, but they have the ultimate degree of wanting to control what gets out, when it gets out and how information is portrayed about the firm. a lot of this comes down from mythology of apple, which is the steve jobs, the whole company is
closely guarded secrets actually committed suicide. the worker jumped 12 stories to his death last week. he was accused of stealing an i-phone for ge prototype. apple was saddened by the loss of the young employee. >> i've got you guys. >> i want to bring the editor at large, somebody i've been discussing apple with for years now. usually the stock, now we're going to talk about the corporate culture. is this an invented issue people like myself concoct to try to talk about apple or...
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there have been more than 200 worker injuries, and more than 20 deaths from accidents and suicides. an unnamed apple executive told the new york times customers care more about a new iphone than working conditions in china. but customers started caring when the labor abuses became public. one of the people respond i believe for exposing this story is mike daisey. he is an author, and monologuist who traveled to china and witnessed the working conditions at the foxcon factory. >> i do know that in my first two hours of my first day at that gate, i met workers who were 14 years old. i met workers who were 13 years old. i met workers who were 12. do you really think apple doesn't know? >> we are joined tonight mike daisey, great to have you with us. monologue called "the agony and the ecstasy of steve jobs" it's performed at the public theater in new york city for 18 months you have been doing this, 19 cities across the world. first of all, i'm intrigued, congratulations. i have not seen your performance but you come to us tonight with absolute rave reviews. i've talked to people who h
there have been more than 200 worker injuries, and more than 20 deaths from accidents and suicides. an unnamed apple executive told the new york times customers care more about a new iphone than working conditions in china. but customers started caring when the labor abuses became public. one of the people respond i believe for exposing this story is mike daisey. he is an author, and monologuist who traveled to china and witnessed the working conditions at the foxcon factory. >> i do know...
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scandal over poor working conditions, a ration of suicides, and even worker riots. we comfort ourselves with the fact that the president, he's probably right. that's just the way of the global economy? are we willing to sleep on a cot next to an assembly line and get paid $18 is day in no. i guess we'll come up with the ideas and they will make the goods. that's partly true and partly not. we have people sleeping on cots in their relative's basements, who walk through the ruins of once proud manufacturing towns and shake their head in loss. we used to make the goods that drove the world. now shenzhen is dotted with new factories and we're the number one exporter of garbage. we ship them our garbage to be recycled and they shift us iphones. i visited a company that decided to keep all their manufacturing in the ohio river valley where it's been since the company's founding. it's an inspearing story but i realize it's not one that's likely to create change on a large scale. for most companies, the bottom line is the bottom line. more encouraging though were the messag
scandal over poor working conditions, a ration of suicides, and even worker riots. we comfort ourselves with the fact that the president, he's probably right. that's just the way of the global economy? are we willing to sleep on a cot next to an assembly line and get paid $18 is day in no. i guess we'll come up with the ideas and they will make the goods. that's partly true and partly not. we have people sleeping on cots in their relative's basements, who walk through the ruins of once proud...
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the workers assembling labor is harsh conditions. what is apple saying? i know they have an audit system in place. there were rash of suicides once before. how they they defending themselves. >> they say if you don't comply with violations, if you don't comply with fixing your violati violation, they will drop you within 90 days. >> four people killed, 16 injured at a plant that made ipads. december 2011, blast eed a factory, is the season not working? >> those two explosions came from the same thing, aluminum dust. the one that happened back in earlier was fixed. this is a totally different problem. dust has beexploded for a long time. >> what do you think will be the next move here? when you have a headline saying human cost, and it's not just apple, we see nike and other people buckle to pressure as a result of the conditions workers were put under to produce their products, sneakers, athletic wear. might we see apple buckle to this. they have asked why can't we make the products here in this country. >> you have to hope so. the only time apple will bu
the workers assembling labor is harsh conditions. what is apple saying? i know they have an audit system in place. there were rash of suicides once before. how they they defending themselves. >> they say if you don't comply with violations, if you don't comply with fixing your violati violation, they will drop you within 90 days. >> four people killed, 16 injured at a plant that made ipads. december 2011, blast eed a factory, is the season not working? >> those two explosions...